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Posts by Chris Backous:

  • Lean Management,
  • Performance Improvement

What Is Heijunka in Health Care?

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  • Change Management,
  • COVID-19,
  • Leadership Development,
  • Lean Management,
  • Quality Improvement,
  • Strategic leadership

Webinar | Leadership Through Crisis Interview Series – Sue Anderson and Eli Quisenberry

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  • Access to Care,
  • Case Study,
  • Change Management,
  • COVID-19,
  • Lean Management,
  • Patient Safety,
  • Quality Improvement

How an Improvement System is Helping North Shore Physicians Group Manage COVID-19

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  • Change Management,
  • COVID-19,
  • Leadership Development,
  • Lean Management,
  • Quality Improvement,
  • Strategic leadership

Webinar | Leadership Through Crisis Interview Series – Gary Kaplan and Chris Backous

  • Access to Care,
  • Case Study,
  • Change Management,
  • COVID-19,
  • Lean Management,
  • Patient Safety,
  • Quality Improvement

Improving Through Crisis: Deploying Improvement Teams When It Matters Most

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  • Facility Design,
  • Patient Experience

Achieving 10-15% Cost Reduction Through Thoughtful Facility Planning

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  • Performance Improvement,
  • Quality Improvement

Why “we have always done it that way” no longer works in health care.

  • Access to Care,
  • Facility Design,
  • Optimizing Flow

Webinar | Health Care Facility Design and Flow — Benefits to Quality and Revenue

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  • Access to Care,
  • Facility Design,
  • Optimizing Flow

Webinar | Lean Building Design in Health Care

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